Adoniram Judson Warner (January 13, 1834 – August 12, 1910) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio and an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He served three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives between 1879 and 1887.

Adoniram J. Warner
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio
In office
March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881
Preceded byMilton I. Southard
Succeeded byGibson Atherton
Constituency13th district
In office
March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887
Preceded byRufus Dawes
Succeeded byJoseph D. Taylor
Constituency15th district (1883–1885)
17th district (1885–1887)
Personal details
Born
Adoniram Judson Warner

(1834-01-13)January 13, 1834
Buffalo, New York
DiedAugust 12, 1910(1910-08-12) (aged 76)
Marietta, Ohio
Resting placeOak Grove Cemetery, Marietta, Ohio
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materBeloit College; New York Central College, McGrawville
Signature
Military service
AllegianceUnited States of America
Union
Branch/serviceUnited States Army
Union Army
Years of service1861-1865
Rank Colonel
Bvt. Brigadier General
Commands10th Pennsylvania Reserve Regiment
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War

Biography

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Born in Wales, New York (near Buffalo, New York), Warner moved with his parents to Wisconsin at the age of eleven. He attended Beloit College in Wisconsin and New-York Central College. He was principal of Lewistown (Pennsylvania) Academy, superintendent of the public schools of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, and principal of Mercer Union School, Pennsylvania from 1856 to 1861.

Civil War

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He was commissioned as captain in the Tenth Pennsylvania Reserves on July 21, 1861, promoted to lieutenant colonel on May 14, 1862 and became colonel on April 25, 1863. He was transferred into the Veteran Reserve Corps in November 1863. On January 13, 1866, President Andrew Johnson nominated Warner for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general of volunteers, to rank from March 13, 1865, and the United States Senate confirmed the appointment on March 12, 1866.[1]

Law and business career

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Warner studied law and was admitted to the bar in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1865 but never practiced. At the conclusion of the war, he returned to Pennsylvania, and in 1866 moved to Marietta, Ohio. He engaged in the oil, coal, and railroad businesses.

Congress

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Warner was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1880 to the Forty-seventh Congress.

Warner was elected to the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887). He was not a candidate for reelection in 1886.

He served as delegate to the 1896 Democratic National Convention.

Later career

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He engaged in street railway construction in the District of Columbia and in railroad construction in Ohio. From about 1898 until six months before his death, he engaged in transportation and power development in Georgia.

Death and burial

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He died in Marietta, Ohio August 12, 1910.[2] He was interred in Oak Grove Cemetery.

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. ISBN 978-0-8047-3641-1. p. 760.
  2. ^ "Friend of Abraham Lincoln". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Marietta, Ohio. August 14, 1910. p. 11. Retrieved June 1, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

References

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  This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 13th congressional district

1879–1881
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 15th congressional district

1883–1885
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 17th congressional district

1885–1887
Succeeded by